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50 comments on Alonso and Massa test drive Ferrari’s rollercoaster

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   Victor. said on 11th November 2010, 20:58

   Ayayayayayayay!

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     damonsmedley (@damonsmedley) said on 12th November 2010, 0:23

     Great video! Fernando looks terrified when it starts. You’d think he would be used to extreme acceleration! :P

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       spectator said on 12th November 2010, 0:41

       really funny vid who would imagine seeing an f1 driver nervious cause hes traveling at 240 kph

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       KNF said on 12th November 2010, 5:51

       Probably because he’s not in control of the thing, a common thing with racing drivers is that they don’t really like being passengers if they can help it (which is why some of them take flying lessons and operate helicopters and the like)…

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       BasCB (@bascb) said on 12th November 2010, 7:20

       I loved the way Massa was clearly enjoying it from the outset and Alonso was holding his breath from fear?

       Looks like Felipe likes riding rollercoasters a lot more than Fernando does. I do get it, going fast and having everything under control is OK, but not being able to react and steer it and anticipate is quit something different.

       Just remember the last time you were not in the drivers seat on a trip through the mountains.

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         MondoL said on 12th November 2010, 9:42

         I’m sure fernando would have taken a different line to the roll. The designer chosed the dirty part of the mountain and took the apex too wide :)

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       Patrickl (@patrickl) said on 12th November 2010, 8:12

       Really capable people don’t enjoy letting other people do their job. I imagine he doesn’t like to be driven by someone else. let alone a machine.

       I love how he (and Massa) duck when they go close to a pole.

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     Mike said on 12th November 2010, 2:43

     :D Ayayayayayayay!

     I wonder if he does that in an F1 car as well!

     I love the personalities in F1, Alonso is so serious (probably why he is so good come to think of it)…

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   Electrolite said on 11th November 2010, 21:20

   Haha! In the 4th photo Massa seems to be coping with the speed better than Alonso is :P

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     Electrolite said on 11th November 2010, 21:23

     Oh crumbs I just watched the video of Felipe and Fernando! That is comedy gold in every sense. At 0:31 Alonso looks like Buzz Lightyear…

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       Luis said on 12th November 2010, 0:57

       lol Fernando’s face is funniest i have ever seen in my whole life!

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   Mack41 (@mack41) said on 11th November 2010, 21:26

   Fastest Felipe’s gone in months…

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     Todfod (@todfod) said on 12th November 2010, 7:24

     hahahaha .. thats a good 1

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   Icthyes (@icthyes) said on 11th November 2010, 21:29

   I don’t blame Fernando for wanting to hold on so tight – I hate those kinds of rollercoasters! I haven’t got the biggest build in the world and often there’s enough space between me and the restraint to make me slip around – not a pleasant experience!

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   TommyC said on 11th November 2010, 21:34

   they were probably bored. like mister bean that time.

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   v8angel said on 11th November 2010, 21:34

   wow!! alonso like buzz lightyear? HAHAHAHAHA

   at 0:34 and 0:35 i believe that alonso lost something from his pocket! :O

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     Fred Schechter said on 11th November 2010, 21:55

     Thought that was a bird!

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     Bullfrog said on 14th November 2010, 0:01

     He’d managed to keep hold of his wallet for the whole weekend in Brazil, only to lose it on his own team’s rollercoaster.

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   DeadManWoking said on 11th November 2010, 21:36

   Not only is it the fastest but it uses an aircraft carrier like hydraulic catapult to accelerate from 0-150 mph in 4.9 seconds.

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     Sush Meerkat said on 11th November 2010, 21:55

     Space Mountain in DisneyLand Paris has that system too, but its top speed is 90 mph, which ends with a quite violent spin.

     Come to think of it, the acceleration is pretty brutal on Space Mountain too.

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       MondoL said on 12th November 2010, 9:44

       And the aerosmith roller coaster too!

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   King Six said on 11th November 2010, 21:36

   Fernando’s initial reaction was to cope with the G-Forces presumably in a way that he does in an F1 car, then he realised he just needs to let himself go because he doesn’t have to bother about doing anything else except being a passenger!

   That’s what it looked like to me, and that’s what I also feel when I’m in roller coasters. Too many times I try to fight the G-forces instead of just have fun!

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   Fixy (@fixy) said on 11th November 2010, 21:38

   Hahaha! Felipe is going crazy, Fernando looks like he’s going to vomit!

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    Fixy (@fixy) said on 11th November 2010, 21:40

    Have you noticed that it’s shaped like the F2008? Ferrari use the F2008 as a common design, rather than the 2009/2010 cars.

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      Ads21 said on 12th November 2010, 0:01

      yer I noticed that as well, think gthe F2008 looked pretty cool tho so its ok

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        Fixy (@fixy) said on 12th November 2010, 14:46

        The F2008 is my favourite F1 car ever.

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    Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 11th November 2010, 21:40

    I remember in 1996 (I was only 6 yers old by then), my dad’s wife (my dad is a chicken… that’s why he’s my dad) and I got to a fairly easy rollercoaster.

    it was the worst ride of my life! I was the first one to step out, and I think i’ve never ever ran so quickly in my life. Got to my dad’s arm and started crying… hehe :P

    daddy’s a chicken… and me too!

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    Icthyes (@icthyes) said on 11th November 2010, 21:45

    Found an on-board video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INn1dK_l0uc

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      Sush Meerkat said on 11th November 2010, 22:26

      nice find dude.

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    Gridlock said on 11th November 2010, 22:15

    Can someone Photoshop it so Massa is in the front seat when it leaves the station but he third row when it comes back? :)

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    GR said on 11th November 2010, 22:51

    That video is actually the funniest thing I’ve seen all year. Highlight of 2010!

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    wakenabeb said on 11th November 2010, 23:08

    Haha, I like how everyone ducked for the pole at 1:09

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